Pie plate



Dec. 28 {1926. 1,612,551

J. E. TWOHEY PIE PLATE Filed August 4, 1926 Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

PIE PLATE.

Application filed August 4, 1928. Serial No. 128,987,

This invention relates to a pie plate provided with a utter for catching the 1111088 of berries and like juicy materials which may overflow the pie plate proper durmg the baking process.

The invention has for its object to provide a pie plate of this character which can be made and sold at a minimum price, and

which is provided with a gutter integral 4 with the pie plate proper and which has its outer edge located at a lower level than the rim of the pie'plate proper and which gutter is also of relatively great capacity as Wlll be described.

To this end the gutter and pie plate are stamped or pressed from a single piece of sheet metal, preferably aluminum, and the pie plate proper is provided with an outwardly extended substantially flat rim below and within the outer circumference of which is located'the upper portion of the inner wall of the gutter, which is connected with the outer circumference of the rim of the pie plateproper by a relatively short flange which is extended downward and inwardly toward the outer wall of the pie plate proper.

The particular features of the invention will be pointed out in the claim at the end of this specification.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a pie plate embodylng this invention, and

Fig. 2, a view in side elevation and section of the pie plate shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing a represents the pie plate proper and b the gutter. The pie plate proper a is provided with a bottom 10 and with an upwardly and outwardly extended annular wall 12, which is provided at its upper end with an outwardly extended substantially flat rim 13.

The gutter b is provided with an outer wall 14 and with an inner wall 15, and the upper ends of said walls are located at a lower level than the rim 13, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The inner wall 15 is inclined upwardly,

toward the inclined wall 12 of the pie plate proper and forms therewith a substantially /\-shaped annular channel or space, and the upper end of the inclined wall 15 is located below the rim 13 and within the outer circumference thereof and is connected with said outer circumference by a relatively short flange 17, which extends downward and inwardly from the outer circumference of the rim 13.

The outer wall 14 of the gutter is folded to form a bead 18 which reenforces the outer edge of the gutter and provides a neat finish for the same.

The outer wall 14 of the gutter b may and preferabl will be provided with a depresslon 20 w ich forms a pouring spout or nose for the gutter.

The gutter b is relatively shallow with relation to the depth of the pie plate proper a, so as not to offer an obstruction to the heat direct] contacting with the annular wall 12 of t e pie plate proper to substantially its upper end, so that the crust lyin upon the rim 13 can be baked in a crisp and efiicient manner and is not soggy by reason of lack of baking.

By making the inner wall 15 inclined and extending it toward the pie plate proper so that its upper end is within the outer circumference of the rim 13, the capacity of the gutter is increased without increasing the depth of the gutter or the diameter of its outer wall.

This result is obtained in a one-piece sheet metal construction by means of the inclined flange 17 connecting the outer circumference of the rim 13 with the upper end of the inclined inner wall 15 of the gutter, and said flange at thesaine time serves to stiffen the rim 13 of the pie plate proper.

The upper edge of the outer wall of the gutter being below the level of the rim 13 enables the dough which is to form the crust of the pie to be trimmed oflt'with a knife in the manner now commonly practiced with the ordinary pie plate, which knife may rest upon the outer wall of the gutter while in use.

By reference to Fi 2, it will be seen that the outer surface of te inclined wall 12 and the under'surface of the 'rim 13 of the pie plate proper are exposed to the heat in the oven in the same manner as the ordinary pie plate and that the gutter does not interfere with the baking operation, nor with the trimming operation.

' The construction of pie plate and gutter herein shown enables them to be stamped or pressedfrom a single piece of sheet metal and thereby produced at such relatively low cost as to enable them to be commercially exploited inasmuch as'the. downward and comprising a pie p a bottom and an inclined annular wall exinwardly extended flange 17 forms a yielding or resilient connection between the inner wall 15 of thegutter and the outer ed e of the rim 13, which prevents fracture o the metal sheet when subjected to the pressure of the press.

What I claim is: A one-piece pie plate and gutter therefor, ate proper provided with tended upwardly and outwardly from said bottom and provided at its upper end.with

an outwardly extended rim, and a gutter having an outer wall located below the level of said rim and an inner wall having 15 its upper end within the outer circumference of said rim and below the latter, and an annular flange extended downward and inwardly from the outer circumference of the said rim and connecting the latter with 20 the upper end of the inner wall of said gutter.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JULIA E. TWOHEY. 

